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Los Angeles Unified School District Board votes to end random student searches in schools.

The Los Angeles Unified School District voted on June 19, 2019 to cease random student searches, which unfairly targeted and criminalized students. The resolution ends random searches by July 1, 2020 and prevents LAUSD from increasing law enforcement on school campuses. Students Not Suspects Coalition members including the ACLU of Southern California, Public Counsel, Students Deserve, Youth Justice Coalition, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, and United Teachers Los Angeles will continue to work with the district to create policies that protect students effectively and advocate for investments in student support programs such as restorative justice, positive behavior interventions, and peer mediations.
For more information, access the “Here to Learn” report.

Learn how graduation rates and economic costs are impacted in your district.

A new report from the University of California at Santa Barbara and the UCLA Civil Rights Project shows that suspensions have high costs in nearly every district in California. Researchers found that more suspensions lead to lower graduation rates, lower tax revenues, and higher taxpayer costs for criminal justice, welfare, health care and more economic ramifications. Look up your district!

Fix School Discipline Blog Series

Providing you with the voices from students, advocates, and other community members.

Improving School Safety in LAUSD BY Umar Bavani Ashleigh Washington My name is Gloria Gonzalez, and I’m a youth organizer with The Youth Justice Coalition. The topic of random metal detector searches is extremely important to me as someone who ...Read More

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